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Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates7 August (heats)
8 August (final)
Competitors43 from 35 nations
Winning time8:07.39 WR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    New Zealand
bronze medal    Great Britain
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The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final.[1]

Records

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Prior to the championships, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:11.00 Shenandoah, United States 22 June 2014
Competition record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:13.86 Barcelona, Spain 3 August 2013

During the competition, prior to this 800 metre event, on 4 August 2015, Katie Ledecky set a new championship record in the 1500 metre freestyle final; her 800-meter mark was at 8:13.25.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
4 August Women's 1500 m freestyle finals Katie Ledecky  United States 8:13.25† CR
8 August Final Katie Ledecky  United States 8:07.39 WR, CR

Legend: † – en route to final mark

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 11:17[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 8:19.42 Q
2 4 5 Jessica Ashwood  Australia 8:22.17 Q
3 5 6 Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:23.12 Q
4 5 5 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 8:23.66 Q
5 4 4 Jazmin Carlin  Great Britain 8:23.83 Q
6 4 6 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 8:24.83 Q, NR
7 4 2 Sarah Köhler  Germany 8:26.16 Q
8 5 3 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 8:26.96 Q
9 5 2 Leonie Beck  Germany 8:28.39
10 4 3 Becca Mann  United States 8:28.44
11 3 2 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 8:33.12
12 5 8 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:33.33
13 4 7 Melani Costa  Spain 8:34.89
14 5 9 Zhang Yuhan  China 8:35.17
15 4 1 Jessica Thielmann  Great Britain 8:36.88
16 5 7 Martina Caramignoli  Italy 8:38.56
17 4 8 Tjasa Oder  Slovenia 8:38.85
18 3 7 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein 8:39.12
19 5 1 Erica Musso  Italy 8:39.55
20 2 5 Valerie Gruest  Guatemala 8:39.88
21 3 3 Samantha Arévalo  Ecuador 8:41.15
22 4 0 Beatriz Gómez Cortés  Spain 8:41.72
23 2 3 María Álvarez  Colombia 8:42.14 NR
24 3 0 Montserrat Ortuño  Mexico 8:42.83
25 3 4 Cao Yue  China 8:43.24
26 3 5 Leah Neale  Australia 8:44.38
27 4 9 Emma Robinson  New Zealand 8:44.86
28 3 9 Monique Olivier  Luxembourg 8:45.37
29 3 6 Joanna Evans  Bahamas 8:49.96
30 2 4 Martina Elhenická  Czech Republic 8:53.08
31 2 6 Khoo Cai Lin  Malaysia 8:55.20
32 3 1 Jo Hyun-ju  South Korea 8:57.66
33 2 1 Daniela Miyahara  Peru 9:00.30
34 2 2 Rachel Tseng  Singapore 9:01.19
35 2 7 Daniella van den Berg  Aruba 9:03.71
36 2 9 Helena Moreno  Costa Rica 9:09.27
37 3 8 Valeriya Salamatina  Russia 9:11.78
38 2 8 Hannah Gill  Barbados 9:16.23
39 2 0 Talita Te Flan  Ivory Coast 9:16.89
40 1 4 Gabriella Doueihy  Lebanon 9:18.30
41 1 5 Lena Rannvaardottir  Faroe Islands 9:35.53
42 1 3 Makaela Holowchak  Antigua and Barbuda 9:37.68
43 1 6 Victoria Chentsova  Northern Mariana Islands 9:48.87
5 0 Coralie Balmy  France DNS

Final

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The final was held on 8 August at 18:55.[3]

Kazan Arena after finish the final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 8:07.39 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 8:17.65 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Jazmin Carlin  Great Britain 8:18.15
4 5 Jessica Ashwood  Australia 8:18.41 NR
5 3 Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:21.36
6 8 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 8:22.93
7 1 Sarah Köhler  Germany 8:23.67
8 7 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 8:24.12 NR

References

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